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One hundred years young

At just about 100 years old, Bakersfield Church of the Nazarene in California is drawing in a new generation of teenagers from its surrounding neighborhoods. Donabel Martin is the outreach and young adult pastor, as well as an interim youth pastor. She and her lead pastors and the congregation have
10 Feb 2017
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Former NMI president Beverlee Borbe remembered

Beverlee "Bev" Borbe, 87, passed away November 12 in Santa Rosa, California. She was a retired educator and a longtime leader for Nazarene Missions International. She and her husband, Richard, celebrated 67 years of marriage in August. Bev attended Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene
17 Nov 2016
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Relationship rekindled: A sponsorship story decades later

In the 1980s, Bettye and Jim Happeny (right) began a relationship with Sherwin Rulloda (left) when he was in 4th grade. Sherwin Rulloda was in third grade when his sponsorship through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Child Sponsorship started. Initially, a youth group helped fund his education, but
04 Nov 2016
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California church mourns loss of pastor

Facebook photo Ron Salsbury, senior pastor of New Life Community Church of the Nazarene in Pismo Beach, California, died peacefully July 31 surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Pismo Beach New Life Community Church is one of the largest Nazarene churches on the USA/Canada
05 Aug 2016
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Bresee Youth Center creates young leaders in Los Angeles

Gabriela is a mentor to younger students through the Goals for Life program. (Photos by Scott Bennett) Growing up, I watched my mom get abused regularly. My father was a drunk, and I always worried about him fighting with my mom. This went on for years. On the night of August 28, 2009, my father
18 Mar 2016
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Nazarenes in the News: December 18, 2016

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Texas church helps Christmas display achieve national recognition Georgetown, Texas ( Newsmax , December 1) No. 4: Georgetown, Texas, has huge wooden nutcracker soldiers dotting the streets,
17 Dec 2015
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Samoan Nazarene Conference a celebration of past, future

The 525 attendees of this year's USA/Canada Region Samoan Ministries Conference rated the event higher than any previous conference. "Words are inadequate to explain in details the wondrous love of God and the moving of His Holy Spirit among His people during the Samoan Ministries Conference USA
27 Oct 2015
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Pastor Nicholas Mackenzie remembered

Nicholas Mackenzie, pastor of the Palm Springs, California, Church of the Nazarene , passed away September 7. He was 62. Mackenzie was born in South Africa. He was a minister with The Salvation Army in South Africa until 1989 when he moved to the U.S. and began serving at Bridge Church of the
10 Sep 2015
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Nazarenes in the News: August 21, 2015

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Kentucky church to host interdenominational youth event Ashland, Kentucky ( The Independent Online , August 16) Paul Sallie has been working with youth most of his life. The youth minister
20 Aug 2015
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California ministry receives immigration accreditation

The Immigration Resource Center of San Gabriel Valley , an extension of Mountainside Communion Church of the Nazarene and community partners, announced it received federal recognition by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) June 12 to be an authorized site for immigration legal services. By law,
02 Jul 2015
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